Bracket-scale.



No. 722,374. PATENTED MAR. 10, 1903.

G. E. MILLER. I

BRACKET SCALE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 19, 1902.

H0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. MILLER, OF ARLINGTON PLACE, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALFTO ROBERT L. SCOTT, OF ARLINGTON PLACE, CALIFORNIA.

BRACKET-SCALE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 722,374, dated March10, 1903- Application filed April 19,1902. Se ial N 103,807. (No model.)

T0 to whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. MILLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ariington Place, in the county of Riverside and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Bracket-Scale, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in bracket-scales.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofscales and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient one adaptedto be readily hung on a barrel or other support and designed forweighing small quantities of grain, crackers, and other goods usuallystored in barrels and capable of being compactly folded when not in useand of supporting a bag or sack in position for receiving the goods tobe weighed.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bracket-scaleconstructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a verticalsectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional viewillustrating the manner of connecting the inner and outer frames.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

1 designates an outer rectangular frame, provided at its top withsupporting-hooks 2 and adapted to be hung on a barrel or support andhaving rearwardly-extending projections 3 at its bottom to engage thebarrel or other support and offset the scale therefrom to prevent theinner vertically-movable frame from coming in contact with the bar-'rel, which might interfere with the accuracy of the weighing operation.The outer rectangular frame is provided with vertical guiderods 4,connecting the top and bottom pieces 5 and 6 and located at the sides ofthe scale.

The vertically-movable inner frame, which is approximately rectangular,is composed of side bars 7, top and bottom cross-bars 8 and 9, a centralvertical bar 10, and inclined braces 11, connecting the upper portion ofthe cenbars 7.

tral bar with the upper portions of the side The central vertical bar ofthe inner frame is provided at its top with an eye and is connected by alink or other suitable deper end of the spring is secured to the top ofthe casing.

The horizontal cross-bars of the verticallymovable frame are providedwith bearings 13, arranged on the vertical guides 42 and provided withballs 14, which are secured in the bearings by rings 15. The balls arearranged in suitable races, and the rings, which are fianged,arethreaded to engage interior screwthreads of the bearings. The bearingsare provided with threaded sockets 16 to receive the ends of the rods 8and 9, which are threaded. The upper ends of the side bars of thevertically-movable frame are extended beyond the braces 11 and areprovided with indicators or pointers 17, extending laterally from theside bars and arranged to move over graduations of the upper portion ofthe guides 4:.

The vertically-movable frame carries a horizontal platform 18, connectedat its inner or rear edge with the bottom of the frame by hinges 19 andabutting against the said inner frame, whereby it is supported inahorizontal position; but any other suitable supporting devices may beemployed. The plat- 8 5 form, which is adapted to receive a bag or sack,is capable of folding against the movable frame, and it is retained inits folded position by a hook 20, secured to the central vertical bar ofthe vertically-movable frame 0 and constructed of resilient material.The bag or sack is supported on the platform by a hinged rectangularframe 21, connected at its back with the vertically-movable frame at apoint between the platform and the hook. 5

This rectangular bag-holder or frame, which is adapted to fold againstthe verticallymovable frame, is retained in its folded position by theplatform, which abuts against the lower portion of the said frame orbag-holder mo 21 when the latter is folded. The hinged bagholder orframe 21 is provided with suitable shoulders or stops 22 for engagingthe back of the scale to retain it in a horizontal position. Theseshoulders abut against the side bars 7, as indicated in Fig. 2 of theaccompanyingdrawings; butanyothersuitablemeans may be employed forsupporting the frame or bag-holder in a horizontal position.

It will be seen that the scale is simple and comparatively inexpensivein construction, that itis adapted to be readily hung on a barrel orother support, and that the platform and the bag-holding frame may bereadily arranged in a position for receiving a bag or sack for thereception of the goods to be weighed.

What I claim is- 1. A scale comprising a supporting-frame, avertically-movable frame guided on the supporting-frame, a platformhinged to the vertically-movable frame and arranged to fold against thesame, a bag-holder also hinged to the vertically-movable frame andadapted to fold thereon, and a spring connecting the frames,substantially as described.

2. A scale comprising an outer frame provided with graduations, avertically-movable frame guided on the outer frame and located withinthe same and having a pointer or indicator to move over the saidgraduations, a hinged platform mounted on the verticallymovable frame,and a hinged bag-holder carried by the vertically-movable frame andlocated above the platform, substantially as described.

3. A scale comprising a vertically-movable frame, a spring connectedtherewith, a platform carried by the vertically-movable frame and hingedto the same, a bag-holder hinged to the frame at a point above theplatform, and a catch mounted on the vertically-movable frame andarranged to engage the platform and adapted to hold the same and thebag-holder in their folded positions, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signaturein the presence of two Witnesses.

' GEORGE E. MILLER.

Witnesses:

JOHN J. METTLER, OWEN E. COUNCIL.

